ST. GALLEN - Communal chancelleries in St. Gallen, the Bernese Mittelland and Vaud said the Friday post looked healthy without being historic. Envelopes arrive in waves after the booklet and after the last television debate. Clerks count crates, not opinions.
A five-item Sunday usually lifts turnout a little because households that care about one subject still have to open the rest. It also exhausts people. Both effects can be true.
What 56 percent would mean
If participation lands near the mid-fifties, it will be a serious Sunday without being a civic festival. The station-open story is Sunday morning.